| Englisch > Deutsch | |
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| prune | |
| 1. Backpflaume, Trockenpflaume | |
| 2. ausschneiden, schneiden | |
| Englisch > Englisch | |
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| prune | |
| 1. subst. (obsolete) A plum. |  |
| 2. subst. The dried, wrinkled fruit of certain species of plum. | |
| 3. subst. (slang) An old woman, especially a wrinkly one. | |
| 4. v. (transitive, horticulture) To remove excess material from a tree or shrub; to trim, especially to make more healthy or productive. | |
| A good grape grower will prune the vines once a year. | |
| 5. v. (transitive, figuratively) To cut down or shorten (by the removal of unnecessary material). | |
| to prune a budget, or an essay | |
| 6. v. (transitive, computer science) To remove unnecessary branches from a tree data structure. | |
| 7. v. (obsolete) To preen; to prepare; to dress. | |
| 8. v. (intransitive, informal) To become wrinkled like a dried plum, as the fingers and toes do when kept submerged in water. | |
| Deutsch > Englisch | |
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| Backpflaume | |
| 1. n-f. prune | |
